"Spain last night killed a controversial anti-P2P bill that would have made it easier to shut down websites that link to infringing content. The move was a blow to the ruling Socialist government, but it may be of even bigger concern to the US, which pushed, threatened, and cajoled Spain to clamp down on downloading. And Wikileaks can take a share of the credit for the defeat."

... and that "sales by local artists in the top 50 have fallen by an estimated 65 percent between 2004 and 2009."

The number of home backed cookies has dropped by 80% in the last 20 years, so a supermarket levy on cookie sheets and chocolate chips is needed to compensate the cookie factories for their loss in sales. Something like that?